"US — Madison, Wisconsin. In January 2020, a male teacher penned an open letter in Our Lives, an LGBT Madison newsletter, accusing the Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) of transphobia because the district encouraged adult staff to use staff washrooms, not those designated for children. Vica Steel who was previously named Mark Busenbark and currently identifies as a woman, wants to continue using the girls’ washroom directly across from the science teacher’s second-floor classroom, rather than an “all-gender” bathroom further away on the first floor.
An Allis parent, (whose) child reported feeling uncomfortable using a children’s bathroom while an adult staff member was also using that same bathroom, contacted MMSD central office to inquire about what district practice was regarding adults using children’s bathrooms
While staff members are able to use adult washrooms in the school “based on the gender with which they identify”, LeMonds indicated it is a best practice for adults to use a different bathroom than students “for safety purposes”. In Steel’s open letter, the teacher erroneously counters that “there has never been a case of a transgender woman endangering or attacking or doing anything in her time in the bathroom, except using it for peeing and adjusting make-up and doing what every other woman does”. It is unclear what led Steel to make this assertion, given the numerous instances of assaults in women’s washrooms and change rooms by males identifying as women (for example, Katie Dolatowski and Laverne Waskahat). When asked about Steel’s statement about women only using the bathroom “for peeing and adjusting make-up”, LeMonds stated that this view represents Steel’s “personal experience as a transgender woman.”
@LotusBud How long are you going to ignore the reality of this issue?
When enough women on your "side" get impacted and start speaking out? Because its GONNA happen. You gonna just shit on women and girls until its politically acceptable for you to oppose it?
Are you gonna claim you didnt know? Or are you just gonna support this no matter what because a mans feels are more important than women and girls safety and dignity?